91.   Marguerite Williams could be a handful, as more than one Republican state chairman found out.

92.   Mike Minnaugh, the state GOP chairman, said he stood by that vote.

93.   Not one reporter showed up, only the state party chairman, John Longmire.

94.   New York state Republican Party chairman William Powers said he had spoken with Pataki about the issue Wednesday.

95.   One was David Norcross, former Republican National Committee chief counsel and a former New Jersey state GOP chairman.

96.   Other Republican names in the mix are former state chairman James Rappaport, House Minority Leader Francis Marini, and Suffolk District Attorney Ralph C. Martin II.

97.   Others, including at least two of the three candidates to succeed Paul as state chairman, agree with Barr.

98.   Owens is a Phoenix attorney and former state Democratic Party chairman.

99.   Pauken earlier this year resigned as state Republican chairman in order to get into the race for attorney general.

100.   Party faithful, including the state Republican chairman, William D. Powers, were summoned.